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Historical Highlights
The American Revolution
Our patriot ancestors include:
George Klock (1714-1790)
Judge Jacob G Klock (1738-1814
William Knowlton (1738-1784)
Cornelius Beekman (1733-1790)
Joseph Hall Jr (1757-1831)
Thomas Fournier (1732-1808)
Mayflower Connections
We descend from families that came over on the Mayflower:
John Alden (1599-1687) and his wife Priscilla Mullins (1602-1685)
John Howland (1593-1672) and his wife Elizabeth Tilley (1607-1687)
and
William Brewster (1567-1644)
Mohawk Indian Heritage
My wife's family comes from Brantford, Ontario. She is able to trace her Mohawk lineage back to Joseph Brant (1743-1807). He was a famous Mohawk Indian chief that sided with the British during the American Revolution.
New France Pioneer
Jacques Goulet (1615-1688) is our French pioneer that was one of the first settlers of Quebec. Him and his wife arrived in New France in 1646. Most people with the Surname Goulet descend from this man.
Past Births
1641 - Maurice Paquet in Chavy, Indre, Centre, France
1668 - Louise Gauthier in Ste Famille, Ile Orleans, Quebec, Canada
1714 - Marie Hubou in Quebec
1715 - Michel Charbonneau in St. Francois de Sales, Ile de Jesus, Quebec, Canada
1775 - Marie Catherine Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1794 - Louis Goulet in L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
1806 - Joseph Lamouche in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1807 - Marie Scholastique Goulet in Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1815 - Francois Forget Dit Despatis in Quebec, Canada
1818 - Joseph Narcisse Dupuit in Maskinongé, Quebec, Canada
1831 - Eulalie Benoit in St-Denis-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
1833 - Adeline Vallieres in Quebec, Canada
1843 - Cyrille Roy in Saint-Gervais, Quebec, Canada
1864 - Aaron F. Kilmer in Missouri
1865 - Theodore Henry Leopole Rabe in Uchte, Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
1869 - Melville Goulet in St Stanislas, Champlain, Quebec, Canada
1892 - Jessie Goulet in Blacktail, South Dakota
1894 - Russell Morrison in Ontario, Canada
1900 - Alvin Chester Goins in Tennessee
1902 - Oscar Lowande in Massachusetts, USA
1908 - Alma Goulet in Massachusetts
1910 - Malinda Buescher in Todd, Minnesota, USA
1916 - Omer Pelletier in Massachusetts
1920 - Harry (Hrynko) Slobodian in Tolstoi, Manitoba,Canada
1924 - Kathleen Goulet in McLeod, Minnesota, USA
Past Marriages
1822 - Andrew Dumphy and Ruth Burden in New Brunswick, Canada
1897 - Joseph Goulet and Marie Lea Scholastique Remillard in St Roch, Quebec, Canada
1908 - Collin Holland and Lucy Jane Clark in Obion, Tennessee, USA
1909 - Wilbur Gorman Craig and Psyche E Torrey in Coos, Oregon, USA
Past Deaths
1708 - Jean Barette in Ste Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
1759 - Marie Balard dit Latour in Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
1765 - Marie Marguerite Kemmener Quemeneur dit Laflamme in St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec, Canada
1773 - Maria
1832 - Charles Goulet in Sts Gervais et Protais, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada
1856 - Joseph Goulet in St Jacques de l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada
1886 - Agnes St. Amant in St-Eugène, Ontario, Canada
1893 - Marie Madeleine Lalonde in Ste Madeleine, Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
1926 - William Thomas Shirk in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
1946 - Emery Fontaine in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
1995 - Joseph Antonio Romeo Taillefer in Montréal, QC, Canada
- Mary Matilda
Carrier (1838 - 1909)- Marie Philomena
Goulait(1856 - 1939) - Harriett
Goulait(1858 - 1862) - Theodore
Goulait(1859 - ?) - Joseph Henry
Goulait(1861 - 1950) - Frederick
Goulait(1863 - 1936) - Mary Josephine
Goulait(1866 - 1958) - Elizabeth
Goulait(1867 - ?) - Henry
Goulait(1869 - ?) - Nelson Anthony
Goulait(1871 - 1948) - Matilda
Goulait(1874 - 1961)- Frank
Westrick (1868 - 1934)- Mabel Irene
Westrick(1897 - 1898) - Gladys
Westrick(1899 - 1979) - Cecelia Margaret
Blanchard(1900 - 1978) - Nelson A
Westrick(1902 - 1970) - Herman Joseph
Westrick(1905 - 1916) - Theodore
Westrick(1907 - 1961) - George Francis
Westrick(1909 - 1993) - Genieve M
Westrick(1912 - 2015) - Matilda Mary
Westrick(1914 - 2000) - Francis Joseph
Westrick(1916 - 1916) - Bernedette Rose
Westrick(1917 - 1995) - James F
Westrick(1920 - 2003) - Geraldine Rose
Westrick(1922 - 2008)
- Maggie
Goulet(1874 - 1875) - Jennie
Goulait(1881 - 1956)
Joseph Henry (Diomede) Goulait
Profile| Full Name | Joseph Henry (Diomede) Goulait |
| Date of Birth | 4 Feb 1826 |
| Place of Birth | Ste Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada |
| Father | Basile Goulet |
| Mother | Genevieve Durand |
| Siblings | Basile Goulet Goulin, Alexandre Goulet, Pierre Goulet, Marie Henriette Goulet, Olivier Goulait, Honore 'Henry' Goulet, Jean Baptiste Goulet, Charles Goulais, Marie Angele Goulet, Marie Goulais, Elzear Goulais, Theodore Goulait, Narcisse Goulet, Mathilde Goulet, Pierre Goulet |
| Spouse | Mary Matilda Carrier |
| Date of Marriage | Unknown |
| Place of Marriage | Unknown |
| Children | Marie Philomena Goulait, Harriett Goulait, Theodore Goulait, Joseph Henry Goulait, Frederick Goulait, Mary Josephine Goulait, Elizabeth Goulait, Henry Goulait, Nelson Anthony Goulait, Matilda Goulait, Maggie Goulet, Jennie Goulait |
| Date of Death | 20 Nov 1888 |
| Place of Death | Saint Clair, St Clair, Michigan, USA |
Records / Facts / PhotosFact: Baptism
Date: 4 Feb 1826
Place: Ste-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada
Fact: Residence
Date: 1852
Place: Hay, Huron County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
Occupation: Sailor - On the next page of the census it lists that he is single and is not a resident of the area.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1861
Place: Sarnia, Lambton, Canada West, Canada
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Occupation: Sailor
Fact: Residence
Date: 1870
Place: St Clair Ward 2, St Clair, Michigan, United States
Occupation: Works in shipyard. In the household there appears to be other relatives living there. Hannah Goulait (70) and Alexander Goulait (44) who is a sailor.
Fact: Residence
Date: 1880
Place: Saint Clair, St Clair, Michigan, USA
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Occupation: Laborer
Date: 12 Nov 1888
Date: 15 Nov 1888
Weekly expositor., November 15, 1888, Image 5 About Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894 Now Yale, MI
Fact: Death
Date: 20 Nov 1888
Place: Saint Clair, St Clair, Michigan, USA
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